The Buddha’s Footprint In Bangkok’s Wat Pho–Prettier Than Zeus And Indra Combined; Part Two

by hermes7 on October 9, 2012

I guess I got sidetracked in the last post, but the monkeys in Asia can do that to you. But now we’re back to the otherworldly grace in Thai art.

The animal kingdom is much more elegant in the Buddha’s footprint at Bangkok’s Wat Pho–no coke cans in sight here. Beasts are as luminous as the celestial beings in Part One. That’s the great thing about Thai art–it makes everything enchanting. The more you explore it, the more wondrous it becomes.

Thai art isn’t based on the 3 dimensional perspective that developed in the West. It’s not as analytical. Instead, it allows everything to be divinely beautiful.